1 census tracts · pop 5,566 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 3/10
· range 3–3
Saint Joseph's Retreat is a one-tract neighborhood of Vestavia Hills, AL and houses 5,566 people. That produces an Eviction Risk Score of 3/10, Lower tier. The voucher gap is 48.6%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which shows up as churn rather than arrears.
The strongest single driver of the headline number is supply constraint at 9.9/10. The severe-burden share is 31%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay. Well under the midpoint is economic stress, at 1.1/10.
At $1,883 a month, rents sit 24% over what the rest of Vestavia Hills commands. Running cool is eviction-process difficulty, at 1.7/10. Rent consumes at least 30% of income for roughly one in three of renter households.
CDC survey data puts housing insecurity at 4.2% of adults, against 14.2% nationally. The filing record is not thin: 70 evictions logged in this tract.
2.9% of adults report being unable to pay a utility bill, below a 9.2% national figure. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. Filing activity peaked in 2002 at 2.1% of renter households.
The most recent observed rate, 1.0% in 2016, is well off that peak.
One tract means one number: 3/10 applies directly to any address inside the boundary. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
3
Lower
1 tracts · population-weighted
Saint Joseph's Retreat vs Vestavia HillsHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority10%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport7%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Saint Joseph's Retreat
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
70Total filings (sum)
3.13%Avg annual filing rate
2.1%Peak year (2002)
1.04%Latest filed (2016)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Saint Joseph's Retreat
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
4.2%Housing insecurity
2.9%Utility shutoff threat
4.7%Food insecurity
2.4%SNAP enrollment
3.6%No health insurance
22.9%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Saint Joseph's Retreat
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Saint Joseph's Retreat?
Saint Joseph's Retreat scores 3/10 (Lower tier) across 1 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2
How does Saint Joseph's Retreat compare to Vestavia Hills overall?
Saint Joseph's Retreat scores 0.7 points lower than Vestavia Hills overall (3.7/10). Renters spend 31% of income on rent vs 33% citywide. Average rent: $1,883 vs $1,515.
Q3
What is the average rent in Saint Joseph's Retreat?
Average gross rent in Saint Joseph's Retreat is $1,883/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 31% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Saint Joseph's Retreat residents are renters?
5% of Saint Joseph's Retreat households are renter-occupied (vs 22% in Vestavia Hills). The neighborhood has 5,566 residents.
Q5
Is Saint Joseph's Retreat a high social-vulnerability area?
Saint Joseph's Retreat sits in the 4th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (low vulnerability). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
How safe is Saint Joseph's Retreat for landlords?
Saint Joseph's Retreat carries a lower-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (3/10). Pop-weighted across 1 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Vestavia Hills as a whole (3.7/10), this neighborhood is lower-risk.
Q7
What is the demographic breakdown of Saint Joseph's Retreat?
Saint Joseph's Retreat has 5,429 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (91.7%), Hispanic / Latino (2.8%), Other / Multiracial (2.8%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
